At Spector & Co., we’re excited to announce our partnership with Colorado-based retail brand Topo Designs, which makes Spector & Co. the official Topo Designs bag supplier of the promotional product industry. A little backstory on Topo Designs: Rooted in mountain culture and outdoor living, Topo Designs was founded in 2008. The retail brand targets…
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How Distributors Have Added $54,000 of Income With One Simple Phrase
We know that distributors have thousands of promotional products to sell. However, by asking the question, “May I add a case of custom mints to your order today?” distributors have significantly increased their income with just those 12 words. Mints are the perfect add-on for any type of business, and help drive sustainable repeat business…
Read MoreListening to Women About Uniform Apparel
The comments we hear most often from uniform distributors, buyers and end-users is that there is a real need for more variety and comfort in uniforms for women. As uniform apparel manufacturers for more than 85 years, this was not news to us. In fact, it has been one of Executive Apparel’s primary goals to…
Read MorePromo Marketing’s PPAI Expo Doggo of the Day: Day 3
We spend so much time writing about promotional products that we sometimes forget to look around and appreciate the other gifts life gives us, like dogs. This year at the PPAI Expo, we’ll be celebrating our furry companions through a daily Doggo of the Day award. Today’s Doggo of the Day is Truffles. Like Gelato…
Read MoreExecutive Packaging: Redefining What’s Possible in Corporate Gifting
When working with puzzles, it’s always best to go piece by piece. In this case—box, lid and foam. How do we make packaging the focal point of a corporate gift? We give it some depth. Working with such a basic object was challenging, and yet quite exciting when the possibilities started presenting themselves. What if…
Read MoreThe Hidden Checkbook Vest
Executive Apparel’s Gourmet Collection is well-known by service industry buyers. Many of our customers service the hospitality industry and provide custom server uniforms to casual dining and upscale restaurants as well as pubs, bars, clubs, bistros and cafes. A staple garment of the hospitality crowd is the server’s vest. Some establishments opt for professionally tailored…
Read MoreHYOU Frequently Asked Questions
Tell us why you selected this category. How does your business/these products best fit within the category? We lit-rally can’t even contain our excitement with the brand new SnugZ USA apparel line, HYOU. Our completely customizable, full-color imprints turn your brand into wearable art. Backpacks, tees, hoodies—you name it. With a 10-day production time and…
Read MoreChocolate Bar or Power Bank? How We Made 3 Non-Food Products Look Real Enough to Eat
It’s sometimes difficult to be creative given product limitations. At Spector & Co., we believe that what makes something creative is how effectively you use that space between the bare minimum and the absolute max to allow your idea to come to life. We decided to exercise this thought with three different products. The theme?…
Read More11 New Bags for Wherever You Are—and Wherever You’ll End Up
We are extremely excited to introduce our new Ashbury bags for 2019! This year, we’ve added bags to our existing Call of the Wild and Nomad Must Haves collections while introducing a brand-new collection we’re calling Collection X. Here is the Ashbury 2019 Trailer for the individual collection videos that are available across our social…
Read MoreHTT and FSP: Taking the Mystery Out of Custom Apparel
Head to Toe Apparel and Fast Sustainable Products are taking the mystery out of custom apparel, thanks to four easy steps: Pick a style. Pick a fabric. Pick colors. Pick decorations. That’s it. And you don’t purchase thousands of pieces. You don’t buy hundreds of pieces. You can buy as few as 50 pieces (You…
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